Adrian Dantley vs. Drew Gooden Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Drew Gooden and Adrian Dantley, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Adrian Dantley played 15 years in the NBA, 1 more than Drew Gooden, who played 14. Adrian Dantley had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Drew Gooden had his rookie season in 2002-03. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Adrian Dantley	15	7	1976-77 to 1990-91
Drew Gooden	14	6	2002-03 to 2015-16

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15


Rookie Season
	Adrian Dantley	Drew Gooden
Season	1976-77	2002-03
Team	Buffalo Braves	Memphis Grizzlies, Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	77	36.6	20.3	3.3	4.4	7.6	1.9	1.2	0.2	-	2.8	7.1	13.6	.520	-	-	-	6.2	7.6	.818
Drew Gooden	70	26.8	12.5	2.3	4.2	6.5	1.2	0.8	0.5	2.1	2.5	5.1	11.1	.457	0.2	0.7	.292	2.2	3.0	.712

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Drew Gooden	7	33.3	14.0	4.0	8.7	12.7	0.6	0.4	0.9	1.7	3.3	5.1	12.9	.400	0.0	0.4	.000	3.7	5.1	.722


Season 2
	Adrian Dantley	Drew Gooden
Season	1977-78	2003-04
Team	Indiana Pacers, Los Angeles Lakers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	79	37.1	21.5	3.4	4.5	7.8	3.2	1.5	0.3	2.9	2.9	7.3	14.3	.512	-	-	-	6.8	8.6	.796
Drew Gooden	79	27.0	11.6	2.0	4.5	6.5	1.1	0.8	0.9	1.6	2.5	4.7	10.5	.445	0.1	0.5	.214	2.1	3.3	.637

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	3	34.7	17.0	3.0	5.3	8.3	3.7	1.7	1.0	2.0	3.0	6.7	11.7	.571	-	-	-	3.7	5.7	.647
Drew Gooden	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Adrian Dantley	Drew Gooden
Season	1978-79	2004-05
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	60	29.6	17.3	2.2	3.5	5.7	2.3	1.1	0.2	2.6	2.7	6.2	12.2	.510	-	-	-	4.9	5.7	.854
Drew Gooden	82	30.8	14.4	2.5	6.7	9.2	1.6	0.9	0.9	1.6	2.8	5.7	11.5	.492	0.1	0.3	.179	3.1	3.8	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	8	29.5	17.6	1.3	2.9	4.1	1.4	0.8	0.1	2.4	3.0	6.3	11.1	.562	-	-	-	5.1	6.5	.788
Drew Gooden	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Adrian Dantley	Drew Gooden
Season	1979-80	2005-06
Team	Utah Jazz	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	68	39.3	28.0	2.7	4.9	7.6	2.8	1.4	0.2	3.4	3.1	10.7	18.6	.576	0.0	0.0	.000	6.5	7.7	.842
Drew Gooden	79	27.5	10.7	3.0	5.4	8.4	0.7	0.7	0.6	1.3	2.4	4.2	8.3	.512	0.0	0.0	.333	2.2	3.3	.682

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Drew Gooden	13	21.6	8.2	2.4	5.2	7.5	0.6	0.2	0.2	1.4	3.1	3.5	6.5	.529	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.4	.944


Season 5
	Adrian Dantley	Drew Gooden
Season	1980-81	2006-07
Team	Utah Jazz	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	80	42.7	30.7	2.4	4.0	6.4	4.0	1.4	0.2	3.5	3.1	11.4	20.3	.559	0.0	0.1	.286	7.9	9.8	.806
Drew Gooden	80	28.0	11.1	3.3	5.2	8.5	1.1	0.9	0.4	1.4	2.6	4.6	9.8	.473	0.0	0.1	.167	1.8	2.5	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Drew Gooden	20	30.3	11.4	2.5	5.6	8.0	1.0	0.5	0.5	1.4	3.1	5.0	10.1	.493	0.0	0.1	.000	1.5	2.0	.769


Season 6
	Adrian Dantley	Drew Gooden
Season	1981-82	2007-08
Team	Utah Jazz	Cleveland Cavaliers, Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	81	39.8	30.3	2.9	3.5	6.3	4.0	1.2	0.2	3.7	3.1	11.2	19.6	.570	0.0	0.0	.333	8.0	10.1	.792
Drew Gooden	69	30.8	12.0	2.5	6.0	8.6	1.2	0.7	0.8	1.8	2.9	4.8	10.7	.449	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	3.1	.753

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Drew Gooden	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Adrian Dantley	Drew Gooden
Season	1982-83	2008-09
Team	Utah Jazz	Chicago Bulls, Sacramento Kings, San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	22	40.3	30.7	2.6	3.7	6.4	4.8	0.9	0.0	3.7	2.8	10.6	18.3	.580	0.0	0.0	-	9.5	11.3	.847
Drew Gooden	51	24.8	11.9	2.2	4.9	7.1	0.9	0.6	0.4	1.5	2.8	4.6	9.9	.468	0.0	0.1	.000	2.6	3.1	.840

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Drew Gooden	4	17.8	7.3	1.3	2.5	3.8	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.8	3.3	2.8	8.3	.333	0.0	0.5	.000	1.8	1.8	1.000


Season 8
	Adrian Dantley	Drew Gooden
Season	1983-84	2009-10
Team	Utah Jazz	Dallas Mavericks, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	79	37.8	30.6	2.3	3.4	5.7	3.9	0.8	0.1	3.3	2.5	10.2	18.2	.558	0.0	0.1	.250	10.3	12.0	.859
Drew Gooden	70	25.1	10.9	3.0	4.8	7.7	0.7	0.6	0.8	1.5	2.8	4.1	8.6	.478	0.0	0.1	.125	2.7	3.1	.861

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	11	41.3	32.2	3.4	4.2	7.5	4.2	0.9	0.1	3.5	2.7	10.6	21.1	.504	0.0	0.0	-	10.9	12.6	.863
Drew Gooden	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Adrian Dantley	Drew Gooden
Season	1984-85	2010-11
Team	Utah Jazz	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	55	35.8	26.6	2.7	3.2	5.9	3.4	1.0	0.1	3.1	2.4	9.3	17.5	.531	0.0	0.0	-	8.0	9.9	.804
Drew Gooden	35	24.6	11.3	2.1	4.7	6.8	1.3	0.6	0.5	1.3	2.8	4.5	10.3	.431	0.1	0.6	.150	2.3	2.9	.794

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	10	39.8	25.3	2.5	5.0	7.5	2.0	1.6	0.0	3.6	3.9	7.9	15.1	.523	0.0	0.1	.000	9.5	12.2	.779
Drew Gooden	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Adrian Dantley	Drew Gooden
Season	1985-86	2011-12
Team	Utah Jazz	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	76	36.1	29.8	2.3	2.9	5.2	3.5	0.8	0.1	3.0	2.7	10.8	19.1	.563	0.0	0.1	.091	8.3	10.5	.791
Drew Gooden	56	26.2	13.7	2.3	4.2	6.5	2.6	0.8	0.6	1.9	2.0	5.1	11.7	.437	0.3	1.0	.291	3.1	3.7	.846

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Drew Gooden	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Adrian Dantley	Drew Gooden
Season	1986-87	2012-13
Team	Detroit Pistons	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	81	33.8	21.5	1.3	2.8	4.1	2.0	0.8	0.1	2.2	2.4	7.4	13.9	.534	0.0	0.1	.167	6.7	8.2	.812
Drew Gooden	16	9.4	3.3	0.8	1.1	1.9	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.6	1.3	1.3	3.8	.328	0.1	0.3	.200	0.7	1.0	.688

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	15	33.3	20.5	1.9	2.6	4.5	2.3	0.9	0.0	2.2	2.4	7.4	13.7	.539	0.0	0.0	-	5.7	7.4	.775
Drew Gooden	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Adrian Dantley	Drew Gooden
Season	1987-88	2013-14
Team	Detroit Pistons	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost NBA Finals	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	69	31.1	20.0	1.2	2.1	3.3	2.5	0.6	0.1	2.0	2.1	6.4	12.5	.514	0.0	0.0	.000	7.1	8.3	.860
Drew Gooden	22	18.0	8.3	1.7	3.5	5.2	0.7	0.5	0.3	0.8	2.4	3.5	6.5	.531	0.3	0.8	.412	1.1	1.2	.889

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	23	35.0	19.4	1.6	3.0	4.7	2.0	0.8	0.0	2.2	2.2	6.7	12.7	.524	0.0	0.1	.000	6.1	7.7	.787
Drew Gooden	10	14.6	3.4	2.0	2.2	4.2	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.4	3.0	1.4	3.8	.368	0.0	0.4	.000	0.6	0.8	.750


Season 13
	Adrian Dantley	Drew Gooden
Season	1988-89	2014-15
Team	Detroit Pistons, Dallas Mavericks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	73	33.2	19.2	1.6	2.7	4.3	2.3	0.6	0.2	2.2	2.5	6.4	13.1	.493	0.0	0.0	.000	6.3	7.8	.810
Drew Gooden	51	16.9	5.4	1.4	3.0	4.4	1.0	0.4	0.2	0.5	1.8	2.2	5.4	.399	0.5	1.2	.390	0.7	0.9	.773

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Drew Gooden	10	17.8	6.8	1.3	4.2	5.5	0.8	0.2	1.0	1.4	2.1	2.3	6.1	.377	1.2	2.6	.462	1.0	1.3	.769


Season 14
	Adrian Dantley	Drew Gooden
Season	1989-90	2015-16
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	45	28.9	14.7	1.7	2.1	3.8	1.8	0.4	0.2	1.7	2.2	5.1	10.8	.477	0.0	0.0	.000	4.4	5.6	.787
Drew Gooden	30	10.2	2.7	0.9	1.9	2.8	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.4	1.3	1.1	3.4	.320	0.2	1.4	.171	0.3	0.5	.643

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Drew Gooden	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Adrian Dantley	Drew Gooden
Season	1990-91	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	10	12.6	5.7	0.8	0.5	1.3	0.9	0.5	0.0	0.6	0.8	1.9	5.0	.380	0.1	0.3	.333	1.8	2.6	.692
Drew Gooden	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	3	6.3	1.7	0.7	0.7	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.3	2.3	.143	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.750
Drew Gooden	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Adrian Dantley vs. Drew Gooden Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Drew Gooden and Adrian Dantley, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15